Honeymoon is still going on with the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Berliner Philharmoniker who signed a contract to continue the Osterfestspiele (the Easter Festival) until 2022.

Nikolaj Znaider is not only a great violinist, he is also a reputaded conductor who will make his New York Philharmonic conducting debut on May 10–12, 2018 with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto starring cellist Jian Wang.

On 11, 13 & 14 April, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra hosts the acclaimed baroque conductor Masaaki Suzuki to conduct a masterpiece, Beethoven’s Mass in C.

Tonight, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Davide Livermore is premiered at Opera House temple, Milano’s Teatro alla Scala starring Ambrogio Maestri, Rosa Feola and René Barbera.

Great conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will probably be a new mother on 15 September. She won’t be able to conduct the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Lucerne then. Fortunatly, talented conductor Omer Meir Wellber replaces and makes his debut at the Lucerne Festival.

Mezzo Marianne Crebassa is unwell and had to cancel the Handel concert on 7 April at the Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She was supposed to perform Handel’s Italian Cantatas with soprano Sabine Devieilhe and Emmanuelle Haïm, conducting Le Concert d’Astrée. Fortunatly, young and talented mezzo Lea Desandre replaces.

New success for the Lucerne Festival Easter with a total of 9,000 visitors. Tickets are already available for the Summer edition.

The Glyndebourne Festival just awarded American mezzo Samantha Hankey who won the very first Glyndebourne Cup.

A dream cast for a Verdi’s masterpiece yet to be discovered, Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczala and Plácido Domingo star in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at the Metropolitan Opera from 29 March.

A legend of classical Music, great pianist Maurizio Pollini performs at Carnegie Hall on 29 April but this recital is special because it marks the 50th anniversary year of his Carnegie Hall debut.